Olivia Morris has asked: As a 16-year-old living in a developed country, defining myself as a feminist has been a negative and disempowering experience, as the "F" word seems to be regarded as a pejorative stereotype or a justification for promiscuity. Given the real challenges faced by women in the third world, should we in the West not be devoting our energies to their cause? Is feminism in the first world obsolete?